In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will construct a voltage detector with adjustable sensitivity and audio output, and you will learn a method for detecting small electrical signals without an oscilloscope.
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Differential Op-Amp Circuits An op-amp with no feedback is already a…
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In this hands-on semiconductor electronics experiment, use an LED as a light-sensitive photodetector and learn how to use a bipolar transistor in a common-emitter amplifier configuration.
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Single Phase Synchronous Motors Single-phase synchronous motors are…
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Having learned about digital memory devices in the last chapter, we…
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The bipolar junction transistor (BJT) was named because its operation…
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Counting practice: count from zero to thirty-one in binary, octal, and…
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Resistors vs. Inductors Inductors do not behave the same way as…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, build a Schmitt trigger using a 555 timer and learn about hysteresis and the inner workings of the extremely versatile 555 timer IC.
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Identify some of the different types of capacitors, and their…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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The earliest forms of digital data storage involving moving parts was…
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Suppose a 12 volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 20…
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To express a quantity in a different metric prefix from how it was…
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The SPICE circuit simulation program provides for modeling diodes in…
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“The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of…
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The nonlinearity of material permeability may be graphed for better…
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A tool designed to convert between units of torque
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Because capacitors store energy in the form of an electric field, they…
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This calculator uses Faraday's and Lenz's laws to calculate the magnitude and polarity of the induced electromotive force (EMF) caused by a change in magnetic flux through a closed-loop coil.
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Write the following exponential expressions in expanded form: 101 =…
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Whenever there is a mismatch of impedance between transmission line…
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Since complex numbers are legitimate mathematical entities, just like…
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If we examine a four-bit binary count sequence from 0000 to 1111, a…
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Don’t just sit there! Build something!! Learning to mathematically…
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If the burden of two systems of measurement for common quantities…
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This page will walk you step-by-step through the process of…
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Digital logic gate circuits are manufactured as integrated circuits:…
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For bipolar junction transistors, the fundamental measure of…
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Try out our Resistor Color Code Calculator in our Tools section.…
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As was mentioned before, the angle of this “power…
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If some percentage of an amplifier’s output signal is connected…
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This calculator determines the total path loss provided by an RF n-way power splitter.
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build an op amp voltage follower and learn about negative feedback in operational amplifier circuits.
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A tool designed to calculate the characteristic impedance of a twisted-pair cable
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A transmission line of infinite length is an interesting abstraction,…
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In this hands-on electronics experiment, you will build a simple circuit that computes the average of voltages and learn about analog computers and their application.
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What is Conductance? In the study of DC circuits, the student of…
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This tool is designed to calculate the maximum distance (range) that a radar can detect
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As an instructor of electronics, I am called upon frequently to help…
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“All men are liable to error;” —John Locke Whereas…
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This calculator provides three options—basic, intermediate, and advanced—for determining expected battery life for microcontroller, Internet of Things (IoT), and edge processing systems with up to four different operating modes.
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All entries arranged in alphabetical order of surname. Major…
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The Parallel Wires of Infinite Length Suppose, though, that we had a…
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What does it mean, in general terms, to encode something? Conversely,…
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